Cleanup Data

Data from 2009 Annual Coastal Cleanup Day

At-a-glance:

  • 3,802 volunteers
  • 50 sites
  • 9,000 pounds of garbage
  • >4,000 pounds of recycling
  • In only 3 hours!

The results are in from the 2009 Annual Coastal Cleanup Day in Santa Cruz County and the CBC is proud to announce that with the help of 3,802 volunteers, we removed 9,000 pounds of garbage and more than 4,000 pounds of recycling from 50 sites across Santa Cruz County in just 3 hours! This effort represents the largest community wide cleanup effort to date.

Thanks to everyone who was involved, we hope to see you again this year on September 25th, 2010 from 9am-noon.

The five most common items of trash found were:

  1. Glass Bottles - 3,993
  2. Plastic Bags - 4,057
  3. Plastic Bottle Caps - 4,786
  4. Plastic Food Wrappers - 10,700
  5. Cigarette Butts - 30,254